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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Florence Bates (born Florence Rabe, April 15, 1888 – January 31, 1954) was an American film and stage character actress who often played grande dame characters in supporting roles. Her path to becoming an actress had many turns. She had a degree in Mathematics, taught school until married, then became the first Texas female lawyer. Then she became a bilingual radio commentator. After her husband lost her fortune, she and her husband opened a bakery in Los Angeles. In the mid-1930s, Bates auditioned for and won the role of Miss Bates in a Pasadena Playhouse adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. When she decided to continue working with the theatre group, she changed her professional name to that of the first character she played on stage. In 1939, she was introduced to Alfred Hitchcock, who cast her in her first major screen role, the vain dowager...
Known for
I Love LucySeries • 1951
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
RebeccaMovie • 1940
A Letter to Three WivesMovie • 1949
On the TownMovie • 1949
The Secret Life of Walter MittyMovie • 1947
Portrait of JennieMovie • 1948
Kitty FoyleMovie • 1940
Heaven Can WaitMovie • 1943
The Mask of DimitriosMovie • 1944
The Diary of a ChambermaidMovie • 1946
Mr. LuckyMovie • 1943
Whistle StopMovie • 1946
My Dear SecretaryMovie • 1948
The Tall TargetMovie • 1951
The Man I LoveMovie • 1946
San AntonioMovie • 1945
Love CrazyMovie • 1941
I Remember MamaMovie • 1948
Cluny BrownMovie • 1946
The Devil and Miss JonesMovie • 1941
Tonight and Every NightMovie • 1945
The Second WomanMovie • 1950
The Brasher DoubloonMovie • 1947